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Mugabe's ministers sabotaging economy - Parly speaker
11 May 2016 at 06:52hrs | Views
THE Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has labelled some ministers as "lethargic" as they are frustrating efforts to rejuvenate the economy.
Mudenda said Ambassadors write project proposals on investment, but they are frustrated. "Indonesia, for example, has written to us saying they wanted 10 tonnes of meat supply from Zimbabwe and 10 tonnes of soya beans per month, but the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs have not moved," said Mudenda.
"We are failing to export to the EU (European Union) at times because of poor communication with embassies here at home."
He also said Zimbabwe was yet to sign an investment agreement with Kuwait despite insistence by that country to bring more business here.
"When we went to Kuwait two weeks after His Excellency (President Mugabe) had presented clarification on that beautiful indigenisation policy, our ambassador there didn't have a copy of the document to clarify indigenisation, a very important statement from his Head of State which answers his questions to investors, no transmission for that.
"They are saying they want to bring money here for projects, but they want documents signed to that effect. Up to now no agreement between Zimbabwe and Kuwait has been signed."
"With Kenya, the trade protocol for the joint commission was signed in 1997 and no meeting has taken place since then, yet Kenya is a huge market for us. Ambassador Kelebert Nkomani has written several times and Dr (Ray) Ndhlukula knows that. Then we say we are rich, but you are not doing the ease of doing business by mere communication," he blasted.
Dr Ndhlukula, who is Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, attended the meeting.
Mudenda said Ambassadors write project proposals on investment, but they are frustrated. "Indonesia, for example, has written to us saying they wanted 10 tonnes of meat supply from Zimbabwe and 10 tonnes of soya beans per month, but the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs have not moved," said Mudenda.
"We are failing to export to the EU (European Union) at times because of poor communication with embassies here at home."
He also said Zimbabwe was yet to sign an investment agreement with Kuwait despite insistence by that country to bring more business here.
"They are saying they want to bring money here for projects, but they want documents signed to that effect. Up to now no agreement between Zimbabwe and Kuwait has been signed."
"With Kenya, the trade protocol for the joint commission was signed in 1997 and no meeting has taken place since then, yet Kenya is a huge market for us. Ambassador Kelebert Nkomani has written several times and Dr (Ray) Ndhlukula knows that. Then we say we are rich, but you are not doing the ease of doing business by mere communication," he blasted.
Dr Ndhlukula, who is Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, attended the meeting.
Source - Chronicle
